Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-04-29

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but successfully, and finally all was com.
plete but the placingin position Of 4 slab
bearing The name OF the imm0rtalized arch,
itcct. For this ~ conspicuous niche had
been lelt IN the dome the, scaffvldingaw
ready, and the builder himself mounted to
give this last finishing touch before order
ing us removal. Holding tle stone in its
place, he leaned back TO note the effect,
!eetlne paianoaa land fell To- thu mat bic flDok
beneath, the, slab also falling AID shiyuFing
lntv Thousand ,Atopls,, a -demoniae veil
soundeQ t1foughthe bnilHing, and the EVIL
onc hae Kept ihls2 Word. -Lthei buiidcf 4ifd
mol see bis work completes, aud hisna01s h
ivsL W po9teftty. akcmembor, $5uu. this hat,-
pened In The 18th century, 80 Icannot youch
Tor the ruth OF the story. Sdtan rltist have
over'estimAted the vala OF the architect
o. under-ratod the amount Of good, doneli,V
churches, II he expected 10 gaia anything
ny his bargain, and the Cathedral IA mag.
nliioent enough % have been an inspiration
I'm nooEc s.sHe1 IMAM nom bon9.-lA 81 80
\. Ang.ners place OF Interest at Cologne IN
the "Church Of the 1900 Virrins.ro or ~
ot. Ursula, as y Is also called, who Is the
patron SAINT q tue City, and the legend
says, leu ii,uUU virgins on q prllgrimage TO
Neme. On their way back they were all
ulassacroe ~ tne HUNS, AZ Cologne, and
.ne walls OF the cnurch are lined with the
.ohcs OF tnese uniortunates. 81. Ursula was
Io eaasn.er oI BRUSH Ming. The British
sn,s nase always been csleerated Tor their
feucs'llah sxpioi@; VI course, II will not
~ ~ ioave .sls p.acc without some refer
ence W me Coisgne water, OF which we get
Pieny ~ nome. ~ Is seen everywhere, In
III sne snoP WihuSws, ana the hall boys
nave IL Tor sale on every landing Ia the
notes IL Is ABOUT half the price we pay at
none, ahu put up In every ccnceivabe
snapou postie. Az one place we saw very
pretty fountain OF this sweet water, sur.
rsunaeu ny ferns ana other foliage plants,
s1ussssuv9 o. tne eastern homes Of the
ayu',s ME III Oologne we found our
S $1,000, noeu ioi CUR passport, without which,
s, Is scarcely safe 10 travel in u
iorclsa ishu, ior thcrc were occasions when
!" m.sue nave Dseh essential. We had left
iseie purchase 70 DO forwarded from Brus
seiles 70 cologne ny mail, but our passport
was required before we could secure it.
necessary protection to the traveller, Of
csutse,
RAISING 80 qaickly from ono country to
aAolher' we hardly became accustomed to
inc names OF the different coins, 10 say moth.
lhs 81 thelr values English and French
ai.uy gave w no trouble, although 1t was
ullucult W soc sometimes how anything
coula cost so little as TO require the use OF
V ss.., tne hith OF penny. And II is u
p msc'e s'arlnng " nave Dill made out for
oVoHancs ana 70 centlmes, when ysu know
" ought mol 70 DC more than $6025. IL
sounus 30 nuch larger English gold Is, OF
couIsc' current everywhere, but in the ex
I,nuahse VI o.her money there was always
u,scoune we were very considerable OF
FRANK IN tnis matter, and saved him all the
Iouu'e aha loss we COULD ny spending our
, , aown very close before crossing a
frontier. On our last day in country we
souotiihes LOOK good deal oil pains oven 10
look ior Things TO buy, so as to have no
pe(plexing little "ptennings," &c, for him
W lose on ! nope he appreciated this con
sluetatlon, nut Go net remember that he
svor spoke ol II ence, We have always
pssn aught' however, that unselfish thought
,or others, brings l's reward, If not here.
no'oaa'es, ~ ncuer land, ours did-after
w ho"le, unpacked!
having seen Cologne, our next trip was
t,ss, r'a. y. SUI W 'ne Nnlne, py lar the
in ha"n;,, . % -, 20 sho soehery increases
ar no Isr.s ~ ~ n, ror .ue nrss hour,
inc and ~a S,n. s"o nn,no Is aisaPpolnt-
na1seins cor, ,,s rISa oa ,I,h masking aus
f,sLs csorgs az, -. ~. ~ ouI iiua I anu
shri.es 80 -, ~ soe ., 'ac n,u ruins ana
n. an.ssr 81, '.s,,, saa '1na rocA oeSah
The inte,a,, a., ~ s s,o ieBeau " aau W
sans and aanaiso6 ~ ~, a.'PPyu our cohparl-
arc a cri,icsi ,s,', 'ao Whit ,. hnellcans
,hi,r h.,,s, y, - 1 .1 navo sou'e-
Tha T. ~ a Ho,,o W onsss what tliey see
,r,..., 81 - -, naIs" anu oltueus' oriilaht
2 =, ~ .nounsns ~ ci'ier sine are
a -. ,as ~ 'nu wy sunln. Az nrstt hey
,sb,o,, r. $3.50, noa osn,nu WIN eafth
~, 60" ~. 70 ea' , w W sashesS On inc BACKS
~ "a n.n any moneh, anu .nen lha vines are
p ~. saw ,hcIi carrying up what
W. W. Iappo .S . 20 " pIcaols el wafer, wind
~, > - aau oas oos'na 'ne terraces WIN the
csr'.I. Snnaa 90 -, =, I'm, .ne cnaihos' we SIN
o 40. nopeu 'nas my ha1 soule less laoori'
o y" , u"ean M, u. sauonLu w9ulu 20 easy
~ aa ~ ,''s.o Daslns ~ lhe rock 70 hold ran
~. sow ~ leselte Tr ury tltne me
s,spo sines aIe ua,ned on poles, atter the
. ~ y, sut nnis DcAus' sno give the eject
"a 'o"~ ''a's VI sr'ch on 'he mountain
''uo'
Near Nonnenwerth we saw the old castle
built by Roland, nephew Of Charemagne,
which furnished the subject OF Schiller's
"Knight Of Toggenberg." Poor Sir Roland
had sad life Of II. Retrothed to the daugh.
ter neighboring lord, he sadly buckled on
his armor at duty's call and fastened TO give
his aid Ut the battle of Roncesvaux. Soon
came back the report OF his death, at which
Hildegarde, his beloved, Immediately retired
70 the Convent, renouncing the world for
ever The runner, However, was false, and
in . few months Sir Roland returned, but
too late 10 claim his bride. Heart. broken,
he built this castle, which locks directly into
the Convent grounds. Here, too, was the Cas-
tie Of Hchombsrg, whose seven pretty daugh-
tors were drowned and converted ints sevsa
rocks, because OF their fllrtations propeasi-
ties. We know this 10 be true, because we
saw the rocks. There was doubt, how
ever, thrown upon the legend Of the Cologne
Cathedral by the fact that the little Church
Of st. Apslliharis on the Rhine was designed
by the same architect, Zwlrner, 30 his name
has not persisted, II seems. Frsm this vi
cinity GENES the celebrated mineral water,
which s better than the Rhine wines, IN.
less enc likes the taste of very mild ink
There are pleasant summer homes scattered
along the banks OF the Rhine, one Of which
is the resort Of the regal family of Prussia.
We passed Cohlentz, Ringen and the famous
monument OF Germania, crswning himself
with tha iron CROW n of Cha ria nnaono araotad